JAKARTA - The Chairman of the MPR RI Ahmad Muzani assessed that the proposal for a parliamentary threshold or parliamentary threshold to rise to 7 percent was too high for political parties.
"I think if 7 percent, yes, it is too high and it is not easy for political parties to achieve that," said Muzani, quoted by Antara, Monday, February 23.
Even so, he said that the parliamentary threshold was still needed as a condition. According to him, the determination of the parliamentary threshold in the future depends on the needs.
"I think it will be an agreement between friends in the DPR on how the parliamentary threshold, which is currently 4 percent, will be raised by how much or what percentage, but I think 7 percent is too high," he said.
Previously, the NasDem Party proposed that the parliamentary threshold be raised to 7 percent. This has also always been a statement from the NasDem Party elite and has not changed to this day.
Both NasDem Party Chairman Surya Paloh and Deputy Chairman of the Saan Mustopa Party, stated that NasDem has always proposed that the figure be raised to 7 percent to be included in the revision of the Election Law.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the House of Representatives Zulfikar Arse revealed that the discussion of the revision or Draft Law (RUU) on Elections will begin to roll in 2026 after the DPR Legislation Agency decided that the bill would be included in the 2026 Prolegnas.
The Constitutional Court (MK) on February 29, 2024 has granted a portion of the request for a material test filed by the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) against Article 414 paragraph (1) of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (Election Law). The MK decision is registered with number 116/PUU-XXI/2023.
In the ruling, the Constitutional Court did not find a rational basis in the determination of the amount or percentage of the parliamentary threshold of at least four percent as previously regulated in Article 414 paragraph (1) of the Election Law. Therefore, the Constitutional Court asked the law makers to immediately change the provision of the parliamentary threshold before the 2029 election.
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